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e.Republic's Center for Digital Government and the Digital Communities Program has announced the top-ranked cities in the 2013 Digital Cities Survey.

The core of the survey was identifying the ten technology initiatives across four categories - citizen engagement, policy, operations and technology/data. Auburn ranked number 7 in the classification of cities of less than 75,000 population.

This year's top-ranked cities—Boston; Irving, Texas; Avondale, Ariz.; and Palo Alto, Calif.— improved transparency with open government initiatives and access to city services via mobile apps. The cities eliminated waste and enhanced service levels using agile project management, and reduced costs and improved services through advanced analytics and performance measures. Learn more about their accomplishments here.

"Nationally the number of tech-savvy digital cities is increasing, particularly among the larger jurisdictions responding to the survey," said Todd Sander, Executive Director of the Center for Digital Government. "The top digital cities are leaders in open data and transparency efforts, as well as innovators in deploying mobile applications to citizens while conforming to fiscal standards."

The top 10 ranked cities will be honored at a special awards ceremony during the National League of Cities' (NLC) annual conference in Seattle on November 15.

"These are the cities that invest in engaging with their constituencies and that continuously improve their municipal services to be models of excellence nationally," said Marie Lopez- Rogers, NLC President and Mayor of Avondale. "The cities honored reflect public administrators and IT professionals wisely adopting technologies with a readiness to share with others serving public interests. NLC and the City of Avondale are strong believers in those approaches. The Center for Digital Government deserves immense credit for its work facilitating community success through technology for many years."

In its 13th year, the annual survey is a part of the Digital Communities Program and is open to all U.S. cities. The survey criteria focused on results achieved by cities—via the use of technology - in operating efficiencies, realizing strategic objectives, innovative or creative solutions or approaches, effective collaboration and transparency measures, among others.

The Center for Digital Government thanks this year’s survey underwriters Accela, AT&T and NIC.

Congratulations to the 2013 Digital Cities Survey Winners:

250,000 or more population:1st City of Boston
2nd Louisville Metro Government, Ky.
2nd City of Philadelphia
3rd City of Jacksonville, Fla.
3rd City of Riverside, Calif.
4th City of Henderson, Nev.
4th City of Seattle
5th City of Corpus Christi, Texas
5th City of Las Vegas
5th City of Virginia Beach, Va.
6th City of Austin, Texas
6th City of Chicago
7th City of Albuquerque, N.M.
7th City of Denver, Colo.
7th City of Long Beach, Calif.
8th City of Mesa, Ariz.
8th City of Tucson, Ariz.
9th City of Baltimore, Md.
9th City of Los Angeles, Calif.
10th City of Raleigh, N.C.

125,000 – 249,999 population:1st City of Irving, Texas
2nd City of Augusta, Ga.
3rd City of Alexandria, Va.
3rd City of Durham, N.C.
4th Salt Lake City, Utah
5th City of Fort Collins, Colo.
5th City of Hampton, Va.
6th City of Chula Vista, Calif.
6th City of Scottsdale, Ariz.
6th City of Winston-Salem, N.C.
7th City of Modesto, Calif.
7th City of Tacoma, Wash.
8th City of Richmond, Va.
9th City of Fayetteville, N.C.
9th City of Simi Valley, Calif.
10th City of Springfield, Mo.

75,000 – 124,999 population:1st City of Avondale, Ariz.
2nd City of West Palm Beach, Fla.
3rd City of Roseville, Calif.
4th City of Westminster, Colo.
5th City of Lowell, Mass.
5th City of Davenport, Iowa
5th City of Richardson, Texas
6th City of Lynchburg, Va.
7th City of Independence, Mo.
8th City of Arvada, Colo.
8th City of Boulder, Colo.
9th City of Roanoke, Va.
10th City of Pueblo, Colo.

Less than 75,000 population:1st City of Palo Alto, Calif.
2nd City of Fayetteville, Ark.
3rd Carson City, Nev.
4th Town of Marana, Ariz.
5th Ponca City, Okla.
6th City of Rancho Cordova, Calif.
6th City of Shawnee, Kan.
7th City of Auburn, Wash.
7th Village of Schaumburg, Ill.
8th City of Hudson, Ohio
9th City of Williamsburg, Va.
9th Town of Enfield, Conn.
10th City of North Port, Fla.

About The Center for Digital GovernmentThe Center for Digital Government is a national research and advisory institute on information technology policies and best practices in state and local government.

The Center is a division of e.Republic, the nation's only media and research company focused
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